The changes to Spirit of the Spectral Wraith make
it really good for laning...

For champions who can benefit from the mana regen and spell vamp, Spirit of the Spectral Wraith is now incredibly good since it is so incredibly cost efficient. Ahri can make good use out of it and the increased minion damage doesn't work with Malzahar's W cap meaning you can get more damage out of that spell for Barons and Dragons. It also improves the damage on voidlings. I'm sure other champions like Morgana can benefit from it as well.---My Superheroes consist of the band members of the Who, Led Zeppelin, and The Beatles

You realize how cost efficient Spirit of the Spectral Wraith is? And considering it would allow your team to do much faster barons and dragons, it could very easily benefit your team.---My Superheroes consist of the band members of the Who, Led Zeppelin, and The Beatles

The Spirit Stone upgrades aren't even bad for laners. Lizard is cost-efficient even without the true damage and Butcher passives, Golem is a legit tenacity alternative if you really don't want Mercs.

Wraith still sucks but that's why they made it cost less. At least it's worth what you pay now, though I still feel like you'd probably be better off with WotA for spell vamp in most instances. Your team will genereally appreciate the aura more and hey it builds out of Pick now, ends up being hardly more expensive at all if you sit on that for a while.---"Pokey and the man."